On March 14, 2009 edition of WCPW, Barry Petrowski & Curtis Irby lost the tag titles to The Bangg Gang at WCPW Lee Sanders Memorial Tournament. Wrestling as Barry Ryte, he went on to retain the Lightweight Championship for most of the early half of 2009 until August 15 at WCPW Hot Summer Nights. There, he lost the title to V-Factor. On October 24 at WCPW Monster Bash, Ryte entered his match as the WCPW Middleweight Champion, successfully defending the title against Just-N-Sane. At the November 28 WCPW event, Ryte lost the Middleweight title to DTA.

Between the months of February, March and April 2010, Ryte wrestled only four more times, with his last match ending on April 16 at WCPW St. Martha's Mayhem, where he lost to Buddy Roberts. Ryte then took a medical leave of absense due to cancer.

In 2011, Ryte successfully overcame his cancer and returned to wrestling after missing nearly a year of in-ring action. He returned to WCPW on October 1 at WCPW/DYNASTY in two tag team matches.

World Wrestling Entertainment (2012)

Ryte had the rare opportunity to work for the WWE during the June 26 edition of Smackdown. During the program, he and Dylan Bostic wrestled a squash match against Ryback.